NLL 2024-25 Week 18 Preview
All 5 games on deck for week 18 of the 2024-25 NLL season
Photo Credit: Philadelphia Wings
March goes out with a bang in week 18 of the 2024-25 National Lacrosse League regular season — a smaller, five-game bang, but an explosion nonetheless.
The standings middle’s a muddled mess with plenty of teams still with fighting chances to make the postseason. As four teams go on a bye weekend, the other ten need to take advantage and try and cement their spot for the postseason while making their respective foe’s business trip an unfruitful one.
Here’s how this works: I’ll tell you the matchups, the results of their five most recent contests (if applicable), top three scorers on each team, probable starting netminders, and team offensive and defensive shift stats as slash lines (S%/SOG%/E%) (offense on the left, defense on the right). All stats are based off my work for this site.
This is intended to be bare bones, quick and easy content to get you caught up before the weekend’s games. No analysis or storylines, just the stats.
If you’re in the US, all games are available on ESPN+; if you’re in Canada, you can catch the games on the TSN app or NLLplus.com.
Here’s what’s ahead.
Photo Credit: Ottawa Black Bears
Ottawa Black Bears (6-8) vs. Philadelphia Wings (5-9)
Friday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Wells Fargo Center
Last 5 Meetings (as New York Riptide):
3-2 in Wings’ favor
Black Bears
10.3 GF/GAME | 11.4 GA/GAME
Wings
11.9 GF/GAME | 12.9 GA/GAME
Black Bears Top Scorers
Jeff Teat, 85 PTS (39G, 46A)
Connor Kearnan, 49 PTS (14G, 35A)
Jacob Dunbar, 38 PTS (23G, 15A)
Wings Top Scorers
Joe Resetarits, 98 PTS (32G, 66A)
Mitch Jones, 98 PTS (29G, 69A)
Brennan O’Neill, 45 PTS (20G, 25A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Black Bears
Zach Higgins — 10.98 GAA | .790 Sv% | 7.41 GSAA | 824:56 min.
Wings
Nick Damude — 12.79 GAA | .788 Sv% | 6.45 GSAA | 755:04 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Black Bears O | D
TrueES — 13.1/72.1/10.9 | 14.5/71.6/12.2
TruePP — 21.7/75.4/20.5 | 8.4/66.2/9.1
TrueFB — 19.7/72.1/16.1 | 24.3/78.7/21.7
TrueSH — 7.5/66.0/5.1 | 13.2/64.2/10.3
Wings O | D
TrueES — 17.5/71.6/15.3 | 13.0/70.5/11.8
TruePP — 23.5/73.0/21.8 | 18.9/75.5/19.7
TrueFB — 13.3/68.5/11.8 | 22.6/79.8/19.8
TrueSH — 20.0/71.4/13.2 | 14.3/69.4/9.2
San Diego Seals (8-6) vs. Rochester Knighthawks (8-7)
Saturday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Blue Cross Arena
Last 2 Meetings:
2-0 in Seals’ favor
Seals
12.2 GF/GAME | 11.4 GA/GAME
Knighthawks
12.8 GF/GAME | 11.9 GA/GAME
Seals Top Scorers
Rob Hellyer, 78 PTS (27G, 51A)
Wes Berg, 72 PTS (40G, 32A)
Ben McIntosh, 53 PTS (19G, 34A)
Knighthawks Top Scorers
Connor Fields, 105 PTS (38G, 67A)
Ryan Lanchbury, 97 PTS (24G, 73A)
Ryan Smith, 69 PTS (38G, 31A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Seals
Chris Origlieri — 11.33 GAA | .770 Sv% | -6.05 GSAA | 799:54 min.
Knighthawks
Rylan Hartley — 11.24 GAA | .772 Sv% | -1.73 GSAA | 298:57 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Seals O | D
TrueES — 15.6/69.6/13.8 | 15.1/71.3/12.1
TruePP — 18.7/71.9/20.8 | 18.7/70.9/18.6
TrueFB — 20.7/79.3/16.8 | 21.6/77.2/19.1
TrueSH — 4.1/63.0/3.4 | 10.0/67.5/6.5
Knighthawks O | D
TrueES — 14.6/70.2/13.4 | 14.5/69.9/13.1
TruePP — 15.7/70.8/17.8 | 18.6/69.2/20.3
TrueFB — 20.8/74.4/19.0 | 18.8/73.1/16.5
TrueSH — 9.4/67.2/8.2 | 9.3/75.9/6.8
Vancouver Warriors (7-7) vs. Buffalo Bandits (11-3)
Saturday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. ET at KeyBank Center
Last 3 Meetings:
2-1 in Bandits’ favor
Warriors
10.7 GF/GAME | 10.1 GA/GAME
Bandits
13.5 GF/GAME | 10.4 GA/GAME
Warriors Top Scorers
Keegan Bal, 83 PTS (31G, 52A)
Adam Charalambides, 60 PTS (22G, 38A)
Kevin Crowley, 44 PTS (17G, 27A)
Bandits Top Scorers
Dhane Smith, 104 PTS (26G, 78A)
Josh Byrne, 103 PTS (35G, 68A)
Chase Fraser, 42 PTS (20G, 22A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Warriors
Christian Del Bianco — 10.50 GAA | .821 Sv% | 4.81 GSAA | 120:00 min.
Bandits
Matt Vinc — 10.28 GAA | .790 Sv% | 7.13 GSAA | 840:51 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Warriors O | D
TrueES — 12.7/71.5/10.2 | 11.6/66.2/9.9
TruePP — 16.5/63.9/18.8 | 20.0/69.2/20.9
TrueFB — 24.1/77.2/21.2 | 14.0/71.3/11.8
TrueSH — 18.8/66.7/12.5 | 17.1/75.6/12.3
Bandits O | D
TrueES — 17.1/72.4/15.5 | 12.9/66.0/11.9
TruePP — 16.0/69.4/16.5 | 15.6/57.3/17.6
TrueFB — 23.1/88.9/20.0 | 17.3/72.4/14.9
TrueSH — 14.0/74.0/8.1 | 8.5/59.3/7.4
Photo Credit: Saskatchewan Rush
Colorado Mammoth (8-6) vs. Saskatchewan Rush (10-4)
Saturday, March 29 at 9:00 p.m. ET at SaskTel Centre
Last 5 Meetings:
4-1 in Rush’s favor
Mammoth
11.6 GF/GAME | 11.3 GA/GAME
Rush
11.6 GF/GAME | 10.3 GA/GAME
Mammoth Top Scorers
Ryan Lee, 76 PTS (24G, 52A)
Will Malcom, 67 PTS (29G, 38A)
Connor Robinson, 59 PTS (20G, 39A)
Rush Top Scorers
Zach Manns, 59 PTS (30G, 29A)
Ryan Keenan, 56 PTS (17G, 39A)
Robert Church, 50 PTS (21G, 29A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Mammoth
Dillon Ward (assuming he’s removed from the Hold Out List) — 10.48 GAA | .801 Sv% | 14.69 GSAA | 778:47 min.
Rush
Frank Scigliano — 9.78 GAA | .797 Sv% | 10.30 GSAA | 717:35 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Mammoth O | D
TrueES — 16.8/67.4/14.2 | 13.9/71.3/12.6
TruePP — 11.9/67.6/13.2 | 20.9/74.3/20.1
TrueFB — 15.4/79.5/13.1 | 16.8/77.1/13.7
TrueSH — 6.1/67.3/4.5 | 11.6/65.1/8.2
Rush O | D
TrueES — 14.7/68.8/12.5 | 12.5/67.0/10.5
TruePP — 14.8/63.3/16.0 | 16.2/75.2/15.7
TrueFB — 18.9/73.6/16.7 | 20.5/74.2/16.7
TrueSH — 14.3/65.7/10.6 | 14.8/70.4/10.1
Halifax Thunderbirds (9-5) vs. Georgia Swarm (7-7)
Sunday, March 30 at 4:00 p.m. ET at Gas South Arena
Last 5 Meetings:
3-2 in Swarm’s favor
Thunderbirds
13.3 GF/GAME | 11.9 GA/GAME
Swarm
11.5 GF/GAME | 11.6 GA/GAME
Thunderbirds Top Scorers
Randy Staats, 75 PTS (21G, 52A)
Clarke Petterson, 72 PTS (25G, 47A)
Thomas Hoggarth, 47 PTS (25G, 22A)
Swarm Top Scorers
Lyle Thompson, 76 PTS (35G, 41A)
Shayne Jackson, 54 PTS (23G, 31A)
Andrew Kew, 54 PTS (18G, 36A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Thunderbirds
Warren Hill — 11.05 GAA | .776 Sv% | -1.95 GSAA | 640:27 min.
Swarm
Brett Dobson — 11.49 GAA | .774 Sv% | -3.43 GSAA | 809:41 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Thunderbirds O | D
TrueES — 13.2/71.2/11.8 | 14.7/68.7/12.3
TruePP — 19.7/74.5/19.4 | 17.8/72.2/17.1
TrueFB — 28.7/84.0/25.1 | 22.3/79.5/19.3
TrueSH — 20.7/67.2/13.2 | 17.9/71.8/12.7
Swarm O | D
TrueES — 14.4/69.0/12.6 | 15.5/70.5/13.0
TruePP — 13.7/73.8/13.7 | 18.5/66.2/20.9
TrueFB — 19.7/70.7/17.0 | 23.1/77.7/19.4
TrueSH — 15.6/71.9/11.1 | 5.7/72.9/4.8